Wire-fence fastener.



PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906. P. H SHUFLIN 8/: J. 0. WHITE.

WIRE FENCE FA STENER.

APPLICATION Him) NOV. 22, 1905.

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BY I w ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK H. SHUFLIN AND JOSEPH O. WHITE, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

WIRE-FENCE FASTENER- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1906.

Application filed H ovember 22, I905. Serial No. 288,525-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK H. SHUFLIN and JOSEPH O. WHITE, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWire-Fence Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to new and useful improvements in wire-fencefasteners.

The object of the invention is to provide a fastener for firmly securingthe strand and stay wires together without distorting or crimping thewires in any way.

Still another point of novelty resides in the provision of a fastenerwhich is adapted to be engaged about the vertical stay-wires andsecurely fastened thereto by having its opposite ends spread andpartially coiled in opposite directions about'the stay-wire.

Finally, the object of the invention is toprovide a simple andinexpensive fastener which may be readily and expeditiously formed froma single piece.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of thenovel details of construction and operation, a preferable embodiment ofwhich is described in the specification and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is an elevation of theintersection of a stay and strand wire, showing our fastener inposition. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 4 is a plan view of one of the blanksfrom which the fastener is formed, and Fig. 5 is a view of the fastenerbent into form and ready to apply to the wires.

It is to be understood that in constructing a fence fasteners will beprovided wherever it is deemed necessary; but as each fastener is theduplicate of the other and the manner of applying is the same adescription of one of the fasteners and its manner of application willbe sufficient for a full and clear understanding of the invention.

In carrying out our invention we provide an elongated metal blank, whichis indicated in the drawings by the numeral 1. Near the opposite endsand from opposite sides U shaped openings 2 are cut in from the sideedges of the blank, so as to provide on diagonally opposite cornerstongues 3. These openings may be formed in any suitable manner; but Weprefer to stamp out the openings when the blank is formed, thus makingonly a single operation necessary, as will be apparent. The blank isnext bent centrally, so as to give it a V shape, as shown in Fig. 5. Thebent portion is rounded, as indicated at 4 in Figs. 2 and 5, so as tosnugly receive the strand-wire 5. The fasteners having been brought tothe shape shown in Fig. 5 are now ready to be applied to the fence, andit is obvious that the fasteners may be manu factured and delivered inthis shape, so as to be readily applied, thus saving the user theexpense and labor of forming the fastener.

In applying the fastener the same is en' gaged about-the wires at theintersection of the strand and stay wires 5 and 6, so that the former isreceived in the rounded portion 4 and the latter in the openings 3. Thetongues 3 are now suitably bent about the stay-wire 6 above and belowthe strand-wire -5. In bending the tongues they are spread and partiallycoiled about the stay-wire, as

clearly shown in Fig. 1. In fact, the entire fastener is spread so thatthe wires are drawn firmly into contact with each other and the fasteneritself caused to closely impinge the stay-wires, so that a rigidconnection is had. By observing Fig. 3 it will be apparent that thestay-wire is engaged by the inner edges of the tongues 3, which soclosely impinge and contact with the said wire that verticaldisplacement is practically impossible, while the binding action of thefastener and the stay-wire on the strand-wire 5 prevents lateraldisplacement.

Great stress is laid on spreading and partially coiling the tongues 3about the staywire in a substantially spiral direction, as the parts aremore rigidly bound and fastened together than where tongues are merelycoiled or bound about the wire at substan tially right angles thereto.The reason for this is that unless the fastener is spread or the wirescrimped or bent, which is undesira portion, and tongues extending fromthe opapart, and coiled about the other wire with 10 posite ends of thefastener adapted to be their edges in engagement therewith. coiled in aspiral about another wire and In testimony whereof we affix oursignaspread apart so as to draw the wires and the tures in presence oftwo witnesses.

fastener together. FRANK H. SHUFLIN.

2. Means for fastening the intersecting JOSEPH 0. WHITE. wires of afence comprising a fastener having Witnesses: a bent body portion snuglyengaging one of A. L. PHELPs,

the wires and provided with tongues spread M. B. SOHLEY.

